The Amazing Spider-Man #672 Review

Two Spider-Men?!

Dan Slott brings his Spider-Island event to a close with a big boss battle that has more spiders than you can shake a web-shooter at. Having read almost all of the tie-ins, it felt like a fitting conclusion to the entire event, even though some readers have complained about how the main title jumped around too much in an effort to combine all of the different story threads. Unlike other events like Fear Itself, none of the tie-ins felt forced, so it was fun to read them, and it felt even better to see everything get woven together in an impressive web of stories.

At the start, things are pretty dire with Captain America and Venom taking on the Spider-Queen, only to see her transform into a gigantic spider-creature that makes Gohma from Ocarina of Time look like a chump. But things begin to look up now that Kaine has returned and Spidey has his spider-sense back. From there, every hero who has made an appearance in Spider-Island – and then some – shows up to help put an end to her rampage. It is an exciting end with a nice twist that even the prophetic Madame Web did not see coming.

Humberto Ramos draws the hell out of the Spider-Queen. He uses his excellent sense of scale to fill the page and make her overbearing presence felt. While there are heroes blasting, punching, and zapping her from all angles, the pages never lack focus or seem cluttered. His style has a cartoonish quality to it, but that style also allows for moments of epic proportions full of costumed crusaders, and it serves him well here.

Everyone coming together in the end helps raise the stakes to show just how big a threat Spider-Queen is that it will take Red Hulk, Wolverine, and a massive collection of heroes to bring her down. Their presence also highlights how great a hero Spidey is. Despite their combined efforts, it is he who truly saves the day, earning him a moment of triumph accented with his signature humor. Slott did a great job of telling a focused story during this widespread, chaotic event, although he did not provide a concluding moment for Mayor Jameson. More than any other character, Jameson had the strongest storyline and the biggest character moment throughout all of Spider-Island. Revisiting him after his transformation would have been welcome, even though he would probably just yell at someone about who is going to clean up his ravaged city.